nelson and a



]. NE LSON AND A. SCHEIWER- CUE T|P..

APPLICATION FILED 1AN.'2"5. m9.

.1 12,198. Patentedlug. 5,1919.

314M160 J Maison 4,

WWW

THE COLUMBIA I'LANOGRAPH cm, WASHINGTON, D. c-

sTA'rEs PATENT curios.

JOHN nnLso v Ann ALBERT scnniwnn, on ERIE, rnnnsYLvAnIasun-tune.

1,312,198. s cifica i n r am- P n Patented Aug.5,1919.

Application filed January 25,1919. Serial No. 273,060. n

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we,JoHN Nnnson and ALBERT SGHEIWER, citizens of the United States, residing at Erie, in the county of Erie and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cue-Tips, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

Th1s invention relates to certain improvements in one tips, and it is an object of the invention to provide a tip of this character which possesses'a maximum of efficiency, and which may be assembled in a convenient and efiective manner.

It is also anobject of the invention to provide a novel and improved one tip which closely imitates the well known ivory type of tip, and wherein the cue proper is provided with a stem or shank with which is threadedly engaged a metallic sleeve or bushing, to the outer ends of which shank and sleeve the tip proper is secured by a suitable binder.

An additional object of the invention is to provide in a structure of this general character a sleeve adapted for engagement with the cue, and which sleeve has its outer end or edge knurled or otherwise roughened to facilitate the retention of the tip' proper in applied position.

The invention consists in the details of construction and in the combination and arrangement of the several parts of our improved cue tip whereby certain important advantages are attained and the device rendered simpler, less expensive and otherwise more convenient and advantageous for use, as will be hereinafter more fully-set forth.

The novel features of our invention will hereinafter be definitely claimed.

In order that our invention may be the better understood, we will now proceed to describe the same with reference to the accompanying drawings, wherein:

Figure 1 is a fragmentary View in elevation of a one having a tip applied thereto in accordance with an embodiment of our invention;

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view taken through the structure as illustrated in Fig. 1 with the tip proper in elevation; and

Fig. 3 is a view in top plan of the sleeve as disclosed in the preceding figures.

As disclosed in the accompanying drawings, C denotes a cue of any preferred type as generally employed in connection with the game of billiards or pool, and the tip end of said cue O at its axial center is provided with an outwardly directed shank or stud lhaving its periphery threaded.

shank land said sleeve is of a length equal to the length of the stud or shank 1 so that when the sleeve S is properly applied, the outer end of said sleeve is flush with the outer end of the stud or shank 1.

The outer end or edge 2 of the sleeve S is knurled or otherwise rou hened so that the adhesion of the binder disposed over said outer end or edge and the outer end of the stud or shank S will effect a secure attachment of the tip T. The tip is preferably leather, although any other material may be usedwhich can be employed with the same facility.

The periphery of the sleeve S has applied thereto a coating 30f porcelain or analogous material, so that when the sleeve S and tip T a are in applied position, the sleeve S will address the eye as formed of ivory or ivory substitute as is now generally employed.

It is believed to be self evident that by employing a metallic sleeve S the life of the cue will be prolonged, so that the possibility of breaking or splitting of the sleeve S is avoided and said sleeve may be applied or removed with convenience and facility without the necessity of applying heat or other operations as is now required in connection with one tips of the type now generally in use. p

In addition to the material advantages afiorded by the metallic sleeve S, it is also to be noted that by having the outer end of the stud or shank 1 and the outer end or tip of the sleeve S substantially flush the maintenance of the tip T in applied position through the character of hinder or cement as now employed is further facilitated not only by the wood of the cue C proper but susceptible bf some change and modification Without departing from the principles and spirit thereof, and for this reason We do not Wish to be understood as limiting ourselves to the precise arrangement and formation of the several parts herein shown in carrying out our invention in practice except as hereinafter claimed.

We claim:

In combination, a cue having its tip end providedlwith a longitudinally disposed.

threaded stud, a metallic sleeve engaged with vsaid stud, said sleeve and stud being substantially of the same length so that when the sleeveis applied on thestud, the outer end of the stud and the outer edge of the sleeve are flush, a coating of porcelain engaged With the periphery of the sleeve, and a tip cemented to the outer ends of the assembled stud and sleeve, the outer end of the sleeve being knurled to facilitate the cementing of the tip thereto.

In testimony whereof we hereunto aflix our signatures in the presenc of two \vitn'esses.

JOHN NELSON. ALBERT SCHEIWER. Witnesses:

ADAM Essen, JOHN GELLNER.

copiegsi'of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents.

Washington, D. G. 

